FactCheck: Is Cameron cutting disabled benefits?
January 26, 2012 4:27 pm 7 Comments
“We are not cutting benefits for disabled children.”
David Cameron, 14 December 2011
The background
Labour MP Anne McGuire first questioned David Cameron on the effects of welfare reform on disabled children last month.
She asked the Prime Minister: “Is reducing benefits for disabled children by over £1,300 a year something that reflects the Prime Minister’s often repeated mantra that we are all in this together?”
Mr Cameron’s answer began: “First of all, we are not cutting benefits for disabled children.”
Mrs McGuire popped up again at Prime Minister’s Questions this week, saying the PM’s original answer had been wrong and urging him to have another go.
He replied: “The Honourable Lady is wrong. The money going into Universal Credit for the most disabled children is not being cut. She’s just plain wrong about that.”
That figure of £1,300 seems a lot. Is the government really planning to hit disabled children that hard?
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